Dealing With Yet Another ICD-10 Delay
By Scott Westcott, Contributing Writer
How you use the extra year to prepare for ICD-10 could be instrumental in the ultimate success or failure of your transition.
When it comes to ICD-10 coding, the waiting may well be the hardest part. The new coding system was set to take effect in October, but it experienced a delay as part of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, which was signed into law last April. It was the second delay for ICD-10, which was originally slated to go into effect in October 2013. Now, CMS has announced a new launch date — Oct. 1, 2015. For those charged with readying health systems and physicians for the new coding procedures, it’s been a roller-coaster ride.
While at first frustrated by the latest delay, Adelaide LaRosa, system director of HIM/CDI & charge master, Catholic Health Services of Long Island (CHSLI), now views the additional year as an opportunity for more and better training at CHSLI. She recently offered her insights on how her organization has dealt with the delays.
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